Can we talk about Gin?

[Slubberdegullion]

After G&T spanish inquisition by over zealous barman at restaurant last night I wondered if there were any Gin experts on MN today.

I am interested in:

What is your fave brand, and can you tell the difference?

Do you drink it with anything other than tonic?

Lemon. Lime or something else in with it?

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Hello, this thread is a little old now. Take a look at this handy page for a round up of Mumsnetters' favourite gins.

I have no tonic

Pointydog if you read the thread you will see Gordon's gin has been mentioned a few times

• I never realised there were so many gins until I looked at the gin link above I want to have more gin in the cupboard.

I can't drink for another 5 weeks

AND DH is away on business swanking it up in the Malmaison in Liverpool . Still, at least it means I can watch Property Ladder and MN in peace...

I love Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire. Tried Tanqueray because apparently it's James Bond's brand, and I love it! But I had the most perfect G&T 2 years ago at the Billesley Manor in Warwickshire - ice, Bombay Sapphire, fat tonic, slice of lime and a tiny tsp of lime juice. Sooo nice! (and that I had it on a terrace watching the sun go down while waiting for our first grown-up dinner without DD since her birth - she was upstairs with a babysitter - and that it was the first alcohol I'd had since stopping bfing helped a lot too!)

Have you tried Hendricks - with tonic and cucmber - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Or sloe gin!

There is a shop here that does casks of drifferet flavoured gins - I was once a wee bit tipsy in charge of a buggy as a result of some taste testing in order to buy some for my brother!

Ooooh, I love SLoe gin!

Must try Hendricks when I can drink again...

"Pointydog if you read the thread you will see Gordon's gin has been mentioned a few times"

You challenged me, kiss and I respond!

ONe poster - yes, just one - said her favourite gin was Gordon's. Foofi I think.

ONe poster mentioned Gordon's in a long list along with every other brand of gin under the sun (I mean, she's not fussy)

One poster said Gordon;s was not her fave.

I don't think that's a resounding success for Gordon's despite getting that nob jockey Ramsay to help with their advertising.

So. Where was I. A GORDON'S COMPETITION please with sizeable prize.

Pointy - but the competition is much lovelier and people like to try a variety of gin, no? I live quite near where Blackwood's gin is created... so I like to think I am supporting a local business too.(does mumsnet ever have alcoholic beverages as prizes?)

Gordons please! Yes, I can taste a difference, others are flatter. Like it with tonic, with lemon, with lime, with strawberries, like it with juice of a whole lime squeezed into crushed ice. Just like it